Question

When I was a freshman, on Christmas break I went home and looked through the bags of clothes Mom intended to give away. I took a baggy red shirt, for I needed something to wear in art class. Mom was surprised. She wore that when she was pregnant with my younger brother.

The red shirt became a part of my college wardrobe. After graduation, I wore the shirt the day I moved into my new apartment and on Saturday morning when I cleaned. When I became pregnant, I wore the red shirt during big-belly days. I missed Mom and the rest of my family. But that shirt helped. I smiled, remembering that Mother had worn it when she was pregnant, 15 years earlier. That Christmas, thinking of the warm feelings the shirt had given me, I wrapped it in holiday paper and sent it to Mom. When Mom wrote to thank me for her “real” gift, she said the red shirt was lovely. She never mentioned it again. The next year, when my husband and I moved the kitchen table, I noticed something red taped to its bottom. It was the shirt! And so the pattern was set.

On our next visit home, I secretly placed the shirt under Mom and Dad’s mattress. Two years passed before I discovered it under the base of our living-room floor lamp. The red shirt was just what I needed now while refinishing furniture. The walnut stains added character.

Years later, my husband and I divorced. With my three children, I prepared to move back to Illinois, depressed. Suddenly I saw the stained red shirt. I smiled. After unpacking in our new home I visited her, and I hid it in her bottom dresser drawer. Meanwhile, I found a good job at a radio station. A year later I discovered the red shirt hidden in a rag bag in my cleaning closet. The shirt was Mother’s final gift. Mother died three months later.

I was tempted to send the red shirt, faded but in decent shape, with her to her grave. But I’m glad I didn’t, my older daughter is in college now, majoring in art. And every art student needs a baggy red shirt to wear to art class.

1.Where did the author get the shirt for the first time?

A. In unwanted bags of clothes.    B. In art class in college.

C. In her college wardrobe.    D. In the kitchen.

2.How did the shirt help the author?

A. The shirt made her find a good job at a radio station.

B. The shirt relieved homesickness from the author.

C. The shirt was the only clothes that the author had for art class.

D. The shirt was the cheapest gift to give to her Mom for Christmas.

3.What does the underlined phrase “the pattern” refer to in the text?

A. Visiting the parents regularly.    B. Often tapping something to the bottom of the table.

C. Moving the kitchen table regularly.    D. Secretly giving and receiving the shirt.

4.What is the important reason for the author’s valuing the shirt so much?

A. That her daughter needs it in art class.    B. That it symbolizes mother’s love.

C. That it is still in decent shape though faded.    D. That it is from her dead Mom.

Answer

1. A

2. B

3. D

4. B

【解析】

本文讲述了我的一件普通的红衬衫，被妈妈穿过后成了我成家以后思念母亲的慰藉，这件衬衫寄托着我和母亲相互的爱，我决定把这件衬衣留给我在学美术的女儿，希望这份爱能够传递下去。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段中的When I was a freshman, on Christmas break I went home and looked through the bags of clothes Mom intended to give away. I took a baggy red shirt, for I needed something to wear in art class.可知，我是在一堆妈妈想要扔掉的衣服里面找到了这件红衬衣，故选A。

2.推理判断题。根据文章第二段的I missed Mom and the rest of my family．But that shirt helped．可知，我想念妈妈和其他的家人，但是这件衬衣起到了作用，由此可以推知能够帮助我缓解思念之情。故选B。

3.词义猜测题。pattern本意为"模式"，我们从前文可以看出本来圣诞节的时候作者将红色的衬衣寄回去给她妈妈了，但是两年后作者在移动厨房桌子的时候在桌（布）底下又发现了这件红色的衬衣；而且后文又提到了作者将衬衣秘密留给母亲（给予）、母亲又将衬衣偷偷藏在女儿家（接收）的几个来回，故此处的"模式"指的是"给予与接收这件红色的衬衣"。故选D。

4.推理判断题。母亲15年前怀她弟弟的时候穿着这件红色的宽松衬衣，作者自己怀孕后也穿着这件衣服，当她思念自己的母亲时她就想到母亲当初为了怀他们也是这么不容易，因此这件衬衣不仅仅是件衬衣，而是母亲满满的母爱，最后作者决定把这件衬衣给自己也在学美术的女儿，目的是为了把这份爱不断传递下去，综上所述，B选项正确。